Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward earns my deep respect as a fighter who clawed her way up. A Brooklyn girl and former fashion model, she rolled into Hollywood in 1937 chasing the Scarlett O'Hara audition, then ground through years of small parts before becoming Hollywood's go-to for fierce, true-story women. That 1959 Best Actress Oscar wasn't luck; it was the payoff of a steel-spined work ethic you can feel in every performance. What draws me to her is how her own hard-won grit bled into her roles. She died at 57, but that fiery presence and that famous red hair haven't dimmed at all.

Name (English)

Susan Hayward

Name (Japanese)

スーザン・ヘイワード

Reading

すーざん・へいわーど

Born

June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

film actor / model / stage actor / television actor / actor

High school

Prospect Heights High School

Awards & achievements

• 1959 Academy Award for Best Actress
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.susanhayward.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Hayward
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248837

Tags

• New York
• film actor
• model
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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